7 Blackf. 174 | Ind. | 1844
— Bill to foreclose a mortgage. The bill states that Johnston purchased from one Welch a lot in the town'of
The simple question in the case is, whether the purchase of the Eugene lot by Watson, on his judgment against Conn, is a discharge of that judgment to the value of the lot. Watson was the assignee of Welch who was the assignee of Johnston the original mortgagee, and if the purchase of the lot by Johnston on a judgment obtained by him against Conn on the same note would have had that effect, it must have the same effect on a purchase under a judgment obtained by his assignee. As this Court has heretofore examined and de
— The deci'ee is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.